I was going to update yesterday, but I went to my cousin's debut. If you don't know what a debut is, it's a Filipino tradition and it's pretty much equivalent to a quinceanera, except we celebrate it when we turn 18. And now you know. :)

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Unbroken

Chapter Eleven

"Oh, is that so?" Ryder smirked, still under my grasp. "If you don't care about her, then why is all of this happening? Why are you getting angry over this conversation about her?"

"It's because you're just really annoying and I just needed to do this," I said. I took one hand and punched him hard in the stomach. I let him go and he fell to the ground in pain. I took off before he could get up and retaliate.

Instead of going to my afternoon classes, I just went straight home. I had no idea what had happened back there with stupid Ryder. I just lost it, and I hate violence. What the hell was wrong with me? Maybe he's right, maybe I still do care about Jade, and that's why I did what I did.

If anyone noticed my sudden disappearance, then my phone would have gone off like crazy, but no. This being alone thing was good for me, I guess. So I have even more time to think. All I could think about was the consequences that I'd have to face if Ryder ever snitched on me. No, not to the principal or a teacher, because I knew he wouldn't do that with that big ego of his. But to be honest, I was scared that he would tell Jade. That sounds ridiculous, I know, but I don't want to make it worse than it already was between us. Too late, huh?

I took a nap half an hour after I got back to my RV. I probably would've woken up by dinner time, if I had not been disturbed by loud knocking on the door. It wasn't just one person who was banging on the door, it sounded like four people. I tried ignoring them, in hopes that they would eventually go away, but they knew I was inside. My car in the driveway was a dead giveaway.

After five minutes straight of the banging, I finally sighed in defeat and dragged myself to the door to open it for my unexpected visitors.

"What do you want?!" I yelled, now in view of my four friends that I knew were there.

"Geez, Beck," Andre said, holding up his hands in defense. "We just wanted to make sure you were okay, but now I'm starting to think this was a bad idea."

"Well, it was," I scowled.

"We heard what happened," Cat declared. "But Jadey doesn't know."

"W-what are you t-talking about?" I stuttered, trying to hide the fact that I knew exactly what they were referring to.

"We heard what happened with Ryder," Tori answered. "Don't try and deny it."

"We just want to talk to you about some stuff," Robbie added. "But yeah, Ryder is a part of it."

I ran my hand through my hair and leaned against the doorframe. After a few seconds of contemplating, I decided to let them in.

"Ugh, fine. Come in," I advised, stepping out of the way to let my guests into the RV. They scattered either on my bed or on the couch. I decided to sit beside Andre on my bed. "Now what did you want to talk about?"

"Well, for one, thing, this whole ordeal that happened with Ryder," Cat began. "Why did you knock him unconscious, Beck?"

"What? I did not knock him unconscious," I reckoned. "All I did was push him to the ground, pin him to the lockers and punched him in his stomach. Whoever told you that was a lie."

Cat shrugged, "Well that's what we heard some guys say in the hallway."

"At first, we didn't believe it," Andre replied. "But after realizing that you weren't at school after lunch, we decided it kind of added up."

"But still, why did you even put a finger on him?" Tori questioned. "What happened between you two?"

"He was just bragging about getting with Jade," I shrugged. "I didn't really care so I didn't let him get to me. But then he just wouldn't shut up about it so I knew I had to do something."

"Hold up!" Robbie exclaimed. "Did you just say that you didn't care about Jade?!"

The others exchanged looks with each other, nodding in agreement about hearing me say it.

"Yeah," I replied monotonously.

"What the hell dude!" They yelled in unison.

"She doesn't care about me," I sighed. "So why should I care about her if the feelings aren't mutual?"

"You idiot!" Tori exclaimed.

"That makes me feel so much better," I remarked sarcastically with a fake laugh.

"You're an idiot because you keep forgetting that she still loves you, she just doesn't remember!" Tori explained. It was an explanation I've heard way too often now.

"You're the idiot." I crossed my arms, acting like a child. "She probably will never remember so I'm doing myself a favor and getting over the heartbreak now instead of later. I'm just setting myself up for disappointment if I still tried to get her back."

"Don't think like that," Cat told me. She got up from her spot on the couch and sat on the other side of me. She pulled me in for a hug and I let her. "Jadey's going to remember you eventually. I mean, she's madly in love with you, she can't forget you just like that."

"Madly in love?" I repeated. I knew Jade loved me, but she's never described it that way.

"She never told you, did she?" Tori looked down and played with her hands.

"And she told you?" I asked. "I'm not trying to be rude or anything, but you and Jade don't get along that well."

"Well, then you obviously didn't know that whenever you and her are in a really serious fight that she can't fix on her own, she comes to me," Tori clarified. I gave her a look that she understood and added, "She comes to me because she doesn't want 'anyone cool' to see her crying." Tori used air quotes for emphasis.

"Okay…" My voice trailed off. "Back to this Ryder thing: you guys said that you overheard guys talking about it, implying that there are rumors going around… How are you so sure Jade didn't find out about it?"

"I overheard Ryder telling some of his friends to spread the rumor, but to make sure Jade doesn't find out," Robbie explained.

"But if Ryder wants Jade to hate me even more than she already does, why wouldn't he want her to know?" I questioned. Things weren't making any sense to me.

"I don't know, he probably has a heart," Andre thought aloud.

"I doubt it," Tori scoffed. She still wasn't over her situation with Ryder Daniels.

"While we were eavesdropping, we also found out where Ryder's taking Jade on their date tomorrow night," Cat said. "We thought that you'd like to know."

"Yeah, but after finding out you don't care about her anymore, I don't think you would," Robbie shrugged.

"Just because I don't care about her anymore doesn't mean that I don't want to know where she's going to be," I replied. They all smirked at my response; because it totally just proved that I still cared.

"They're going to see a movie at Citywalk," Tori said. "I'm not sure if they're going to go to a restaurant or not, but I doubt it because Jade told me they're going to watch The Scissoring in 3D and she's really excited about it."

The Scissoring in 3D. I was supposed to take her to see that. We made plans since she found out they were rereleasing the movie in theatres in 3D. But that was a long time ago.

"Did you guys expect me to follow them on their date and stalk her?" I raised my brow. I already knew the answer.

"Well, yeah…" Everyone answered.

"But we only thought that because we thought you'd never give up on her," Tori pointed out.

"Do you guys know how hard it was to convince her to date me the first time?" I asked rhetorically. "I don't think I can do that another time… I think it's time I moved on."

"But you love her, Beck," Cat whispered. I couldn't deny that.

"I know, but because I love her, I have to let her go," I sighed. It was such a cliché thing to say, but it was true and I didn't know how else to put it.

"Are you sure?" Robbie inquired.

"I'm positive," I reassured him.

"So, this is it then?" Andre said.

"Yup, I guess so," I breathed.

We all sat in silence for a while. The silence was easily broken when we heard Robbie sobbing.

"Robbie?" Tori looked up from her hands in which her face was buried in seconds ago.

"Don't look at me!" He was lying face down on the couch.

With a confused look, I got up and sat on the couch and rubbed Robbie's back.

"It's going to be okay, Rob," I assured him and continued to rub his back in an attempt to comfort my curly haired friend.

"But you guys were so perfect for each other!" Robbie sobbed loudly.

"Were," I repeated.

Robbie didn't bother arguing otherwise.

When Robbie finally pulled himself together and stopped crying, the others decided it was time to leave and give me some time alone.

They exited the RV one by one, giving me comforting words on the way out. Andre was the last to leave.

"I'll call you when I get home," Andre stated. "We'll make plans for tomorrow night so you can keep your mind off of the Wicked Witch of the West."

I laughed at his remark.

"Thanks, Andre, that'd be great."

"See you tomorrow."

With that, Andre left and closed the door on the way out.

I was planning to go back to sleep, but I had to wait for Andre's phone call.

About fifteen to twenty minutes later, my phone rang and I answered it on the first ring.

"So," Andre began. "What place do you have in mind?"

"I don't know," I answered. "I'm up for pretty much anything."

"Do you want to go to Karaoke Dokie to meet some Northridge girls?" Andre suggested.

"I really don't want to be in another relationship just yet," I responded.

"And I respect that," Andre replied. "But you said you wanted to move on, and that's how you're going to do it."

"Yeah, but I don't want to base a relationship off of a previous one," I explained. "It'll make me feel like I'm using the girl, like what that damn Ryder does."

"I congratulate you for doing what you did to Ryder, it puts him in his place," Andre laughed. "I couldn't tell you this earlier because it was tense and I probably would've been yelled at by Tori for being so insensitive of your feelings or something like that."

"That's okay, dude," I chuckled. "I wasn't thinking when it happened. He was just being a major piss off and I did what I had to do. As long as I don't get in trouble, then I don't regret it."

"Ryder wouldn't tell on you," Andre said.

"I know," I answered.

"We still didn't decide what we're going to do tomorrow night," Andre pointed out.

"Anything but Citywalk." I ran my hand through my hair. It was a habit.

"I know, dude," Andre reassured me.

"Why do you want to hang out with me anyway?" I inquired. It's been such a long time since me and Andre did something together. "I assumed that you guys would be doing something tomorrow night."

"Meh," Andre answered. "They said they were going out somewhere but didn't invite me because they knew I wasn't interested in it. When they told me where they were going, I completely understood. Besides, I thought you'd want a guy's night out. We haven't hung out very often anymore since you and Jade got serious."

That was true.

"I'm sorry, man," I apologized. "I just got so caught up in having a girlfriend; I just wanted to spend all of my time with her."

"I know the feels, bro," Andre said. "It's fine. It's not like you totally forgot about me. If that was the case, then I'd never forgive you."

"Um…"

"Kidding!"

"Oh, okay."

"Listen, do you just want to go out to Nozu?" Andre suggested.

"Yeah, sure, that'd be great," I praised. "I haven't eaten there in a while and I've been craving sushi."

"Well, it's your fault you didn't join us last night," Andre pointed out. Before I could respond, he quickly backed himself up. "But I know what you're going through so I won't hold it against you."

"Oh, gee, thanks," I sarcastically responded.

I could tell that Andre rolled his eyes at me.

"Okay, I have to do my homework now. See ya," He said.

"Alright, good luck with that. Bye."

"Bye, dude!"

When I got off the phone with Andre, I got ready for bed after realizing I was still in my clothes that I wore to school, and went to sleep. I didn't bother eating dinner because I wasn't all that hungry anyway.

My guy's night out with Andre tomorrow night was pretty much needed. Now, if only I could get through the school day first. But hey, at least it's a Friday.

I always see comments in the Bade tag on Tumblr that claim that Bade is a horrible couple and that if we ship it, then we ship abusive relationships. Assuming you're all Bade shippers here (I honestly have nothing against any other ships in the fandom), what do you think of that statement? Do you agree or disagree? I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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